We invite you to submit your "Pedigree" for this Surname. Our Surname Project is primarily interested in your Paternal line, as surnames are passed down from father to son, just as the yDNA is passed down.

If you ARE A MEMBER of this Surname Project at Family Tree DNA, send your pedigree by email to WorldFamilies.net at mari@worldfamilies.net. The pedigree will then be posted on the Surname Project's Patriarchs Page by Worldfamilies.net or sent to the Project’s Administrator.

Please include the following:• Name of project• Kit Number• Name of person posting pedigree• Email address to be posted with pedigree• Name, birthdate, birthplace, spouse of Earliest Known Ancestor• List each succeeding generation, using only those four items of information (or substitute another item of information if missing an item)

(If you have more information you would like to share, you may also post a more extended version of your family pedigree on the project website’s Pedigree Forum below)

If you are NOT A MEMBER of this Surname Project at Family Tree DNA, you are welcome to post your pedigree on the Pedigree Forum below. We hope an interested researcher will see it and contact you to share information.

The first 5 generations of your pedigree have been posted, as beyond that the birth years seem to be a bit out of order and I did not want to post them incorrectly. Thanks, and do let me know if there is anything else I can do for you!

Oh & I guess my Orr line does go back to connect with Elizabeth & William Orr too. Females have their maiden names & each line = next generation.William Orr Sr. & Minta Read (From Scotland, waaay deceased) had:^William Orr (jr.) & Elizabeth Cuthbert (deceased), had son(s):^^William James Orr (Lol they must like that name!) & Zelda Houpt, had son(s):^^^Fredrick James Orr & ... some lady in Cali., no name. probably another william! Had sons:^^^^Steve Orr, James Orr, Theodore William Orr & ... the buck stops there. Which one of his 4 ex-wives do u want (or shall I say which "franchise?") I guess the one that eventually leads to me, but no can do w/out permission.

I'm not allowed to share any family info of any immediate family on the web or submit DNA for the study, so that's all I can do =( But I DO wanna help, especially after all of the rumors that all the Orrs are related and other stuff you don't wanna know, believe me! Anyhow those are from my grandma's secret archives. Shhhh! & I'm sure of these dudes had siblings & such but it's all kinda confusing & I dunno who all begot who... So throw it up there & hope it helps. Lemme know what we find about the Orr clan further back or where my line fits into the ancient Orr kings & the "Ellusive Pre-Orr" & I might be able to get permission to swap records w/some Orr privately if they happen to recognize these peeps & they happen to know my g'ma & her kids names & go "Oh hey that's my great great aunt Zelda! I know them!"

I know a Sean Orr in Texas, but idk if we're related as of yet, and I'm an Orr that descends down this "William" somewhere. I also have a cousin Shirley Orr somewhere and a Tia too. But I cannot say any more about anyone w/out permission.

"I hesitated publishing anything on the YDNA project (especially paternal pedigree information) because I simply do not have anything to substantiate information beyond my Grandfather (Douglas Trissillian Ewing). My brother’s have tried to look up census data and they believe that Clarence Ewing and George Ewing are accurate but I cannot confirm the accuracy of this.

Here is what I have (kit 200905):

great (3) granparents: George Ewing (born West Indies 1808 - ?) – This information is through census data but it is not confirmed that there is any relationship?

great-great granparents: George Ewing (born Philadelphia, PA 1848 - ?), Emma Augusta Krieger (born in Germany 1847 - ?) This information is through census data but is not confirmed that there is any relationship?

Because of these YDNA results I am firmly convinced (DNA and statistical analysis) that I come from the “Orr” surname sometime between 3-8 generations ago. If Mr. JDanOrr cares to share any input on his pedigree that would be great as I am sure I share a great grandfather with him."

Please submit your pedigrees by email to the Project Administrator, Dan Orr, by email at jdan.orr@gmail.com and I will post them to the Patriarch Page. Pedigrees are an essential part of genetic genealogy. Thank you for submitting your pedigree.